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I think Londoners welcome a spectacular event.
We could all do with a little more courage, frankly.
I think that there is a tendency to underestimate the public.
I have met people who have received E.U. funding and regretted it.
I don't think a good education should be confined to a privileged few.
Government policies to improve engagement with Muslims make things worse.
In capitalist terms, art is a global marketplace and artistic labour is too.
We need to keep telling people that London is great place to buy and to shop.
The politically correct illiberal left far too often side with the extremists.
For many there is a degree of constancy in our culture; London won't let you down.
The political elite prefers to see criminals as victims in need of therapy and TLC.
London can be a platform to look at what living in contemporary Britain is all about.
Oxford is a very special place. You really sensed the value of a good education there.
Culture is the glue that really binds, especially in cities with fast-growing populations.
Being falsely accused of racism is, at best, unpleasant and at worst, can destroy a career.
A school that believes in the power of knowledge and learning will have reading at its core.
There is a sense of civic connection to the city when you light up iconic buildings or sites.
It shouldn't be that people think the National Gallery is just for middle-class white people.
The creative sector is incredibly important to London's economy in a number of different ways.
A well-run, well-stocked library with access to great books as well as the Internet is essential.
There's a lot of concern that London is changing and artists are being forced to move to new areas.
There needs to be more schemes to help young people build careers in fashion, like apprenticeships.
London's top colleges attract the best young talent from around the world; they're truly a national asset.
Britain has lots of celebrities who are well known and admired today, but we don't seem to have any heroes.
The most anyone could reasonably say about institutional racism is that the 'evidence is far from conclusive.
A hero usually rises above the ordinary because he or she exemplifies some virtue that everyone can recognize.
It's important that we challenge the culture of low expectations. You need to believe every child can do well.
Barriers today are largely class-based - income, networks, education. And those affect many white people as well.
We want young people to get every opportunity to experience culture, to understand it and to think it is for them.
I think that in the past there has been a kind of cultural resistance to Latin because it's associated with elitism.
A civilised society ought to make ample provision for everyone, no matter their background, to enjoy the arts and culture.
We're very proud of our cultural life. Culture is to London what the sun is to Spain. It's a major driver for our tourism.
The government should stop emphasizing difference and engage with Muslims as citizens, not through their religious identity.
A contemporary artist like Grayson Perry is brilliant partly because of his expert knowledge of art history, not despite it.
There has been a genuine willingness from many in the arts sector to try to understand people who are not within the arts elite.
Paradoxically, by insisting on engaging with Muslims as a separate group, the authorities make many of them feel even more excluded.
I've argued for a much less instrumentalist politicized approach, freeing up the arts and enabling them to deliver high-quality projects.
We want artists to stay in London. It's very important culturally and economically, but there are lots of challenges in terms of finding space.
As a transplanted northerner, London has always signified big-city glamour and cosmopolitanism. It's part of what drew me here after university.
After Brexit, we need to design a modern and fair immigration system which attracts talent and investment from the E.U. and the rest of the world.
London centre has a wealth of creative activity but there are parts of London where there isn't a cinema or where library provision is quite weak.
We are the most visited city in the world - and they're not coming for the weather. Culture is one of things that's made London hugely successful.
We give money to the E.U. and they give it back according to the priorities they choose, with an unelected group of people choosing those priorities.
Religiosity amongst younger Muslims is not about following their parents' cultural traditions, but rather, their interest in religion is more politicized.
Islamist groups have gained influence at local and national level by playing the politics of identity and demanding for Muslims the 'right to be different.'
There is clearly a conflict within British Islam between a moderate majority that accepts the norms of Western democracy and a growing minority that does not.
I realized very quickly that the main thing that the left was not in favor of was free speech - that there was an intolerance about different ideas and opinions.
You'd be surprised. A number of developers recognize that having a cultural activity in their space brings kudos. People like the idea of being near to creatives.
It would, of course, be wrong to say that the arts have no social value. They have tremendous power and can often, indirectly, make our world a better place to live in.
Boris isn't known for his fashion credentials, but he knows what it represents - in London it's about creativity. That's why we invest in London Fashion Week each season.